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speak creole
这里 creole 指语言，表示“讲某种语言”时不加冠词。
Many people in coastal areas speak creole.
沿海地区的许多人都讲克里奥尔语。
克里奥尔语
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
克里奥尔语
A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.
Many people in coastal areas speak creole.
沿海地区的许多人都讲克里奥尔语。
由两种或多种语言混合而成、从皮钦语发展为第一语言的语言。
A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
在殖民地国家出生的欧洲定居者后裔。
A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
一种粗细不均或拉长形状的环形耳环
A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
在欧洲人殖民的国家出生的任何混血后裔,现尤指讲克里奥尔语的人。
Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
When the children started school, they gradually switched from their home creole to the national language.
孩子们开始上学后，逐渐从家里的克里奥尔语改用民族共同语。
The creole spoken on the island mixes Portuguese with local African words.
岛上说的克里奥尔语混合了葡萄牙语和当地非洲词汇。
It took me a few weeks to understand the creole used in the city market.
我花了几周才听懂城市集市上使用的克里奥尔语。
这里 creole 指语言，表示“讲某种语言”时不加冠词。
Many people in coastal areas speak creole.
沿海地区的许多人都讲克里奥尔语。
指克里奥尔人时可数，复数形式为 creoles。
He is a creole from Louisiana.
他是来自路易斯安那的克里奥尔人。
作形容词时常作定语，修饰名词，如 creole languages。
Creole languages are the result of language contact.
克里奥尔语是语言接触的产物。
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Haitian Creole is a pidgin spoken in Haiti.
Use this
Haitian Creole is a creole spoken in Haiti.
误把克里奥尔语（creole）与洋泾浜语（pidgin）混淆。克里奥尔语是从皮钦语发展而来、有母语使用者的完整语言，因此描述海地克里奥尔语应用 creole，而非 pidgin。
Not this
There are many creole in the world.
Use this
There are many creoles in the world.
creole 表示具体的克里奥尔语时是可数名词，与 many 连用必须用复数 creoles；汉语没有复数变化，因此容易漏掉 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
克里奥尔语
Many creole languages developed as a result of contact between different linguistic groups.
许多克里奥尔语是因不同语言群体接触而形成的。
克里奥尔文化
The city's creole culture is visible in its music, food, and architecture.
这座城市的克里奥尔文化体现在其音乐、食物和建筑上。
克里奥尔菜肴
She learned to cook creole cuisine from her grandmother in Louisiana.
她向路易斯安那州的祖母学会了烹饪克里奥尔菜肴。
克里奥尔人
The creole people of the Caribbean have their own distinct traditions.
加勒比海的克里奥尔人有自己独特的传统。
海地克里奥尔语
Haitian creole is spoken by most people in Haiti.
海地的大部分人讲海地克里奥尔语。
路易斯安那克里奥尔语
Louisiana creole is still spoken in some parts of southern Louisiana.
路易斯安那克里奥尔语仍在路易斯安那州南部部分地区使用。
月光洒在河湾上，一首克里奥尔乐曲在空气中回荡。
This line from the jazz standard 'Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans' evokes the city's Creole musical heritage.
这句歌词出自爵士乐经典《你可知道错过新奥尔良意味着什么》，让人想起这座城市克里奥尔音乐的传统。
Use Creole naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
克里奥尔（creole）是音译：西印度群岛的欧裔后代及其混合语言都叫克里奥尔——人和话同名，记住一个词就记住两个意思。
语域：neutral 常见场景：语言学研究、历史与文化讨论 作“克里奥尔语”讲时，是语言学术语，通常用于学术或较正式的文章；日常生活中较少单独出现，多出现在讨论语言起源、殖民历史或加勒比地区文化等语境里。
No common word truly rhymes with 'creole' because its stress is on the first syllable: /ˈkriːəul/. The final /əʊl/ is unstressed, while in words like role, pole, hole, whole, soul, and stole, /əʊl/ is the stressed syllable. These are useful spelling/sound lookalikes, not rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.